New Hampshire State Police - Marine Patrol and Woodstock police officers received a call at 1:40 p.m. reporting a swimmer in distress in the Pemigewasset River, south of the Route 175 bridge in Woodstock.

Responding agencies included Woodstock police and fire crews, the Linwood Ambulance, New Hampshire Fish and Game, NHSP Troop F, and the NHSP-Marine Patrol.

Upon initial investigation, authorities determined that a teen from Dracut, Massachusetts, was swimming in the river with five other people.

The victim had jumped into the water in an area with a swift-moving current and was overcome by the water.

Several people from his party, as well as other witnesses, attempted to rescue him, although they were unsuccessful.

Police officers located the victim in approximately 12 feet of water and were able to recover him from the river.

CPR was immediately performed, but the victim did not survive.

The teen’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The incident remains under investigation by NHSP-Marine Patrol and Woodstock Police Department.